VTIPVanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years.
By Vanguard · Launched 2012
0.03%
#190 of 5,562 · low cost
$70.5B
#45 of 5,562 · large
3.59%
13 years
#1,038 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 48.5% of fundmoderately concentrated
Asset allocation
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsYear-on-year price swings
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Bond profile
Avg maturity
10.0 years
Credit ratings
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index. Invests primarily in inflation-indexed securities that make up the Target Index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
- Inception date
- October 12, 2012
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-06-19